Openwork
Poetry and Prose
Will be published approx. on 28. October 2014
Book
Hardback
368 pages
978-0-300-19763-1 (ISBN)
Description
A career retrospective of poetry and prose works by one of the under-recognized giants of French literature
Andre du Bouchet, a great innovator of twentieth-century letters, has yet to be fully recognized by a wide circle of international readers. This inviting volume sets out to remedy the oversight, introducing a selection of du Bouchet's poetry and prose to English-language readers through the brilliant translations of Paul Auster and Hoyt Rogers. Openwork showcases pieces from the author's entire trajectory, beginning with little-known pieces from the 1950s, followed by major poems from the 1960s, and concluding with works written or rewritten in the poet's later decades.
Throughout his life, du Bouchet devoted himself to long walks in his beloved French countryside, jotting down entries in notebooks as he rambled. These notebooks-more than one hundred all together-have emerged as signal works in their own right, and their musings are well represented in this anthology.
Andre du Bouchet, a great innovator of twentieth-century letters, has yet to be fully recognized by a wide circle of international readers. This inviting volume sets out to remedy the oversight, introducing a selection of du Bouchet's poetry and prose to English-language readers through the brilliant translations of Paul Auster and Hoyt Rogers. Openwork showcases pieces from the author's entire trajectory, beginning with little-known pieces from the 1950s, followed by major poems from the 1960s, and concluding with works written or rewritten in the poet's later decades.
Throughout his life, du Bouchet devoted himself to long walks in his beloved French countryside, jotting down entries in notebooks as he rambled. These notebooks-more than one hundred all together-have emerged as signal works in their own right, and their musings are well represented in this anthology.
Reviews / Votes
"An exciting addition to contemporary French poetry available in translation . . . [Hoyt Rogers'] introduction [is] the most far-reaching essay on du Bouchet that I have ever read in English."-John Taylor, Arts Fuse -- John Taylor * Arts Fuse * "The translations themselves are marvelous. . . . Here we have a poet whose lines often contain worlds . . . a master of the image . . . a pure pleasure to read."-Micah Mattix, Books and Culture -- Micah Mattix * Books and Culture * Longlisted for the 2015 Best Translated Book Award, poetry category -- organized by Three Percent, a resource for international literature based at the University of Rochester. -- Best Translation Book Award * Three Percent *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
528 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-300-19763-1 (9780300197631)
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Persons
Andre du Bouchet (1924-2001) is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest French poets of the twentieth century. He was also a prolific essayist on contemporary art and a versatile translator, producing French versions of Shakespeare, Hoelderlin, Joyce, Mandelstam, and Pasternak. Paul Auster is known worldwide for his novels, as well as his films, memoirs, essays, and poetry. He is also an authority on French literature and a noted translator from the French. He lives in Brooklyn, NY. Hoyt Rogers is a poet, writer of stories and essays, and translator from the French, German, Italian, and Spanish. He divides his time between the Dominican Republic and Italy.